Ragnhild Nilstun (born 31 January 1943) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.

She was born in Lofoten,[1] is a philologist by education, and has worked at the University of Tromsø.

[2] She made her literary debut in 1979 with the novel Etterbyrden, with descriptions of postnatal depression.

The novel For mitt blikk (1996) depicts life in Finnmark and Troms in the late nineteenth century, and is the first in a trilogy which also includes For kjærlighets skyld (2002; Havmannprisen [no]), and Min lange reise ender her (2007).

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